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PRINT MEDIA

Total questions: 32

Worksheet time: 12mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

When & where first art of printing was invented?

a)

Arabian Dynasty in 600 AD

b)

Tang Dynasty

in 600 AD.

c)

Maurya dynasty

in 600 AD

2.

First printed book published in China

a)

PERKING GAZETTE

b)

DOCTRINA CHRISTA

c)

DIAMOND SUTRA

d)

BIBLE

3.

Egyptians made paper by (a)  

4.

The first paper mill in Europe was set up in — Where & when?

a)

SPAIN, 1120

b)

SPAIN, 1300

c)

ENGLAND, 1120

d)

ENGLAND, 1400

5.

GUTENBERG INVENTED PRINTING PRESS IN (a)  

6.

The first book was published after the invention of the printing press

a)

Buddhist scripture

b)

Bengal gazette

c)

Bible

d)

diamond sutra

7.

when and in which language BIBLE was printed

a)

Latin, 1430

b)

Latin, 1450

c)

Portuguese, 1430

d)

Portuguese, 1450

8.

Author of Doctrina Christa

a)

Raja Rammohan Roy

b)

Rudyard Kipling

c)

Hickey

d)

St. Francis Xavier

9.

What is the name of the World’s first newspaper and published in which country?

a)

Acta Diurna, Rome

b)

Acta Diurna, Japan

c)

Acta Diurna, China

d)

Acta Diurna, India

10.

From which country The Peking Gazette was published?

a)

Japan

b)

Rome

c)

China

d)

India

11.

The first newspaper in the modern sense was published- when & by whom?

a)

Johann Carlous in 1605,

"The File"

b)

Johann Carlous in 1605,

“ Relation aller Furnemmen und gedenckwandigen Historien”

c)

Johann Carlous in 1604,

“ Relation aller Furnemmen und gedenckwandigen Historien”

d)

Johann Carlous in 1604,

"The File"

12.

Name the first newspaper of USA & when?

a)

Boston Newsletter, 1700

b)

Publick Occurrences- Both Forreign and Domestick, 1690

c)

Publick Occurrences- Both Forreign and Domestick, 1700

d)

Boston Newsletter, 1704

13.

Name first American newspaper by John Campbell & when

a)

BOSTON NEWSLETTER, 1704

b)

BOSTON NEWSLETTER, 1700

c)

The file, 1704

d)

The Gazette, 1700

14.

Name the first newspaper was published from London by a woman editor & when

a)

The Weekly News, 1622

b)

Daily Courant, 1702

c)

Oxford Gazette, 1655

15.

“ The Times” was launched by whom and when?

a)

1784, by John Walter

b)

1780, by John Walter

c)

1748, by John Walter

16.

“Daily Universal Register” - another name for which newspaper

a)

The Times

b)

The NewYork Times

c)

Calcutta Advertiser

d)

Malayala Manorama

17.

The New York Times was launched in which year?

a)

1851

b)

1783

18.

Which is the largest circulated newspaper in the world & from which country?

a)

"The New York Times" from Europe

b)

"The Times" from Europe

c)

“Yomi Yuri Shimbun”, from Japan

d)

“Yomi Yuri Shimbun”, from China

19.

Name a newspaper started in Madras.

(a)  

20.

Name the fourth Indian newspaper published in Calcutta

(a)  

21.

Name the first language newspaper in India

a)

Kannada Samachar

b)

Mumbai Herald

c)

Bengali Gazette

d)

Harijan

22.

The first Indian language newspaper published by an Indian

a)

The Bengali Gazette” by Mahatma Gandhi

b)

The Bengali Gazette” by Ram Mohan Roy

c)

The Bengali Gazette” by Gangadhar

Bhattacharjee

d)

The Bengali Gazette” by Hickey

23.

Name the  oldest existing newspaper not only in India but also in Asia

a)

Amrita Bazar Patrika

b)

Deepika

c)

Mumbai Herald

d)

Mumbai Samachar

24.

Who removed the strict censorship measures in Print media in 1818

a)

Lord Cornwallis

b)

Lord Hastings

c)

Lord Benedict

d)

Netaji

25.

Times of India was published in which year

(a)  

26.

Name the newspaper launched by Gandhiji under the editorship of Mahadev Desai.

a)

Navjeevan

b)

Indian Opinion

c)

Harijan

d)

Young India

27.

English dailies crossed 100 years of publication

a)

The Times of India,The Hindu

b)

The Tribune,The Statesman

c)

All of the above

d)

None of the above

28.

language newspapers crossed 100 years of publication

a)

Amrita

Bazar Patrika

b)

Deepika

c)

Bengali Gazette

d)

Malayala Manorama

29.

Champak

a)

monthly

b)

fortnightly

c)

weekly

d)

dailies

30.

India Today

a)

weekly

b)

monthly

c)

daily

d)

quarterly

31.

Different types of newspapers

a)

Berliners

b)

Broadsheet

c)

Tabloid

d)

none of the above

32.

Calcutta Advertiser is another name for?

a)

The Bengali Gazette

b)

Bengal Gazette

c)

Indian Gazette

d)

Calcutta Gazette